transform4biodiversity

DAY 1

Timetable overview

9:00 Opening Plenary
10:15 Break
10:45 Session Block 1
Track A, Track B & Track C

12:15 Lunch Break
13:15 Session Block 2
Track A, Track B & Track C
14:45 Break
15:15 Session Block 3

Track A, Track B &Track C

16:45 Break
17:15 Plenary

All Day:

Track D – Posters and Videos

Videos on loop in one room (self-guided)
Each case study presentation from Track C in the afternoon will have a poster (plus more?) on rooftop, poster presenters to be attending during breaks
Exhibition participatory art on transformative pathways (TC4BE Verina IngramNiall Redfern)

Detailed Timetable

9:00 – 10:15 Opening Plenary – Why Transformative Change Now?

Objective: Create a shared narrative across projects before moving into parallel discussions, and clarify relevance for policy, practice, and stakeholders

9:00 – 9:03 Welcome & hosting remarks, Francesca Verones (BAMBOO)

9:03 – 9:30 Project Soap Boxes – 3 minutes each

(1 slide, focus: main contribution, key challenge, one message for policy/practice)

• BAMBOO (Francesca Verones)

• BIOTraCes (Rosalie van Dam)

• BIONEXT (Anna-Stiina Heiskanen)

• TRANSPATH (Jeanne Nel)

• PLANET4B and DAISY (Alex Franklin)

• CircHive (Erika Winquist)

• TC4BE (Verina Ingram, Valerie Nelson)

• BioAgora (Karla Locher)

• Biodiversa+??

9:30 – 10:15 Moderated panel for transformative change

• What did the work project want to achieve?

• Policy expectations

• Where do we converge across projects?

• Where do we see tensions or open questions?

• What needs to change to increase impact in a shifting policy context?

• Panel (4 max): some projects, EC. Confirmed panel members: Paula Harrison, Luca Marmo (EC) ???

(European Forest Institute)

10:15 – 10:45 Break & Transition to Parallel Room

10:45 –12:15 Parallel Session Block 1 – Framing Transformative Change

Track A – Biodiversity Impacts, Nexus & Trade

Moderation: BAMBOO (Francesca Verones)

Objective: Build a shared understanding of biodiversity impacts, nexus approaches (biodiversity–climate–food–water), and trade interactions shaping transformative pathways

10:45 – 11:00 The Blue Frontier of LCIA: Quantifying human pressures on the marine realm with three novel impact models Sedona Anderson (BAMBOO)

11:00 – 11:15 Excess nutrients and the functional diversity of fish across the global ocean Jean-Francois Blanc (BAMBOO)

11:15 – 11:30 Impact factors for quantifying country-level terrestrial biodiversity intactness footprints Alexandra Marques (BAMBOO)

11:30 – 11:45 A biodiversity-friendly scenario to feed the world by 2050: insights from a novel biomass-balance model Pierre Marie Aubert (TCB4E)

11:45 – 12:00 Unintended consequences of global trade regulations, Francisco Alpizar (TRANSPATH)

12:00 – 12:45 Developing and evaluating transformative pathways to nature-positive futures using a nexus approach, Paula Harrison (BIONEXT)

Track B – Governance & Policy Frameworks

Moderation: BIOTraCes (Judith Westerink)

Objective:

Explore how governance and policy can enable transformative change.

• Transformative policy strategies (Marie Stenseke, BIOTraCes)

• Guidance for transformative change (Agnes Zolyomi, PLANET4B)

• Guidance for transformative change in Europe (Elizabeth Díaz-General, KIT (BIONEXT)

• Short policy roundtable: from research to EU frameworks

10:45 – 11:00

11:00 – 11:15

11:15 – 11:30

11:30 – 11:45

11:45 – 12:00

12:00 – 12:15

Track C – Transformative Research & Innovation

Moderation: DAISY (Alex Franklin)

Objective:

Reflect on how research and innovation practices can become transformative.

• Participatory & transformative research (selected cases) (Erika Garozzo/Domenico Pappalardo, BIOTraCes) (TC4BE Ingram)

• Tools for transformative innovation – the Transformative Diagnostic Tool (TRD2) (Ilkhom Soliev, DAISY)

• Bridging concept and practice: Empowering transformative change for society (Aniek Hebinck, DRIFT, BIONEXT)

• Discussion: designing R&I for system shifts

12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break

13:15 – 14:45 Parallel Session Block 2 – Tools, Methods & Evidence

Track A – Scenarios & Tools for Transformative Change I

Moderation: BAMBOO (Martin Bruckner)

Objective: Present tools and metrics for analysing transformative pathways.

13:15 – 13:20 Framing and instructions Martin Bruckner (BAMBOO)

13:20 – 13:45 Speed talks (5 x 5 minutes)

• Scenarios for transformative change (IAMs) (BAMBOO, Vassilis Daioglu)

• supporting grassroots initiatives in pursuing transformations towards just biodiversity futures (BIOTraCes)

• The Pathways app – decision support tool ( BIONEXT)

• BIONEXT transformative pathways to nature-positive futures

• Multi-actor social learning for co-generating transformative change pathways towards biocultural justice Vassilis Daioglu (BAMBOO)

Esther Turnhout (BioTraCes)

Jonathan Porter (BIONEXT)

Aniek Hebinck (BIONEXT)

Valerie Nelson (TC4BE)

13:45 – 14:15 Tool marketplace

• 5 tool stations

• Participants freely circulate

14:15 – 14:35 Facilitated synthesis discussion

• What are the tools useful for?

• Which types of transformation do they address well?

• etc. Martin Bruckner (BAMBOO)

14:35 – 14:45 Closing reflections and next steps, Martin Bruckner (BAMBOO)

Track B – Innovation & Amplification

Moderation: DAISY (Jeanne Nel)

Objective:

Understand how innovations can be scaled and governed.

• Start with menti on amplification

• Presentation per project:

• Root causes and amplification strategies (Julia Neidig, BIOTraCes)

• Innovation mixes enabling transformation (Alex Franklin, DAISY)

• Ampilfication potential of networks at the science-policy-society interface (Judith Westerink, BioAgora)

• Innovation governance for equitable change (TC4BE)

• Plenary discussion: what makes innovation transformative?

13:15 – 13:20

13:20 – 13:45

13:45 – 14:15

14:15 – 14:35

14:35 – 14:45

Track C – Case Studies and real world examples

Moderation: CircHive (Ivan Paspaldzhiev)

Objective:

Learn from real-world landscapes and value chains.

• Case-study from the agri-food sector (CircHive)

• Case-study from the banking sector (CircHive)

• Cross-case lessons for transformation

• Value chains: IKEA, fishmeal (Peru, Ian Vazquez-Rowe), cotton (Tanzania) (BAMBOO, Elisha Wilson)

• Digital Traceability for Deforestation-Free Supply Chains: Evidence from Cocoa Production in Ghana (TRANSPATH, Utsoree Das)

• Learning from Pathways from producer and consumer sides of value chains cocoa (Cameroon), coffee, banana VC production-side values (Colombia, Albertine TC4BE), tea & avocados (Kenya) (TC4BE Verina Ingram)

• Making transformation in practice case studies cross-scales and sectors (Ilkhom Soliev, PLANET4B)

13:15 – 13:20 Opening of the session: Case studies and real-world examples Elena Romanova (CircHive)

13:20 – 13:30 Case: Digital Traceability for Deforestation-Free Supply Chains: Evidence from Cocoa Production in Ghana Fabrizio Briganzoli/ Margarida Oliveira

(BAMBOO)

13:30 – 13:40 Case study from agri-food sector: dairy production in Finland Ian Vazquez-Rowe (BAMBOO)

13:40 – 13:50 Case study from banking sector: financial portfolio Elisha Wilson (BAMBOO)

13:50 – 14:00 Value chains: IKEA Verina Ingram (TC4BE)

14:00 – 14:10 Value chains: fishmeal (Peru)

Fishing for Answers: What current Life Cycle Assessment developments tells us about Peru's industrial anchoveta fishery Ilkhom Soliev (PLANET 4B)

14:10 – 14:20 Value chains: cotton (Tanzania) Elena Romanova (CircHive)

14:20 – 14:30 Learning from Pathways from producer and consumer sides of value chains: cocoa (Cameroon), coffee, banana VC production-side values (Colombia, Albertine TC4BE), tea & avocados (Kenya), Fabrizio Briganzoli/ Margarida Oliveira (BAMBOO)

14:30 – 14:40 Making transformation in practice: case studies cross-scales and sectors, Ian Vazquez-Rowe (BAMBOO)

14:40 – 14:45 Questions: each presentation 8 min + 2 min for questions

14:45 – 15:15 Break

15:15 – 16:45 Parallel Session Block 3 – Society, Values & Change

Track A – Scenarios & Tools for Transformative Change II

Moderation: BAMBOO (Francesca Verones)

Objective: Present tools and metrics for analysing transformative pathways.

15:15 – 15:20 Framing and instructions Francesca Verones (BAMBOO)

15:20 – 15:45 Speed talks (5 x 5 minutes)

• Physical MRIO models for global biomass traceability and biodiversity impacts assessments of trade (BAMBOO, Martin Bruckner)

• Online footprint calculator (BAMBOO, Silvan Goldenberg)

• Decision Tree tool for biodiversity footprinting using IO, LCA and/or NCA (CircHive)

• Build Skills. Shape Change. Support Biodiversity – the care-full courses about engagement methods (PLANET4B)

• Participatory and creative methods for speculative futures (TC4BE – Niall Redfearn)

Martin Bruckner (BAMBOO)

Silvan Goldenberg (BAMBOO)

Ira Bhattari (CircHive)

Alex Franklin (PLANET4B)

???

(TC4BE)

15:45 – 16:15 Tool marketplace

• 4 tool stations (including the Pathbreak Biodiversity Food Governance Game - table and online – Ilkhom Soliev)

• Participants freely circulate

16:15 – 16:35 Facilitated synthesis discussion

• What are the tools useful for?

• Which types of transformation do they address well?

• etc. Francesca Verones (BAMBOO)

16:35 – 16:45 Closing reflections and next steps Francesca Verones (BAMBOO)

Track B – Enabling Change – Cross-scale leverage points between Eastern and Western Europe

Moderation: TRANSPATH (Zuzana Harmáčková)

Objective: This is an interactive pathways workshop to explore behavioural, institutional, and governance levers, especially focusing on the similarities and differences between eastern and western Europe. The session will focus on transformative pathways across eastern and western European cases in the cluster projects. Together, we will draw insights on transformative enablers and disablers that are similar and different, and consider the implications of these insights at EU scale. (TRANSPATH, P4B/DAISY/BIOTRACES).

• Top down/bottom up connections

• Participatory methods: what works?

• Behavioural and institutional shifts

• Interactive dialogus

Track C – Values, Visions & Equity

Moderation: BIOTraCes (Rosalie van Dam)

Objective: Understand the role of values, equity, and societal change.

• Shifting societal views and values (TRANSPATH, David Tàbara)

• Just biodiversity governance / gender in biodiversity governance (Luciane Lucas dos Santos, BIOTraCes)

• Changing behaviours, emotions and societies considering equity and intersectionality (Ilkhom Soliev, PLANET4B)

• Justice in transformative change (Heli Saarikoski/Syke, BIONEXT)

• Transformative change pathways in contexts of telecoupling (Valerie Nelson, TC4BE